For one day, the White House hosted more gold than Fort Knox.

Last Thursday, President Barack Obama opened his home to the 2016 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes to celebrate their record-breaking run last summer in Rio de Janeiro.

Obama praised Team USA for winning 46 gold medals in the Olympics and for making the United States the first country in 40 years to top the medal chart in every category.

The women were especially dominant this year.

“2016 belonged to America’s women Olympians,” he said. “Our women alone won more gold than most countries did.”

One of those women was Chester County native and swimmer extraordinaire Cierra Runge, who earned gold as a member of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay team. She took a break from her studies and training at the University of Wisconsin to travel to the nation’s capital.

Obama attributed part of the success of the U.S. Olympic team to its diversity.

“That’s one of the most extraordinary things about our Olympic team,” he said. “There’s no kid in America who can’t look at our Olympic team and see themselves somewhere.”

The 20-year-old Runge, who grew up in Cochranville, has, no doubt, done her job in inspiring America’s next generation of Olympians.